17:05 Naas

Saturday 7 May 2022

All13:4014:1514:5015:2516:0016:3517:0517:35

CW Clothing Handicap

Off time: 17:07 | Winning time: 1m 13.47s

(8)

Pretty Boy Floyd^b¹⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-3| J: Colin Keane| T: Mrs S Dawson| OR: 88| D

18/1

Bit below form fourth of 11 in handicap at Tipperary (5f, soft, 16/1) 16 days ago. Blinkers back on.

Form: 120-644

(16)

Fastar¹⁸⁸

Age: 8| Weight: 10-2| J: S T McCullagh⁽⁵⁾| T: G O'Leary| OR: 87| CD

10/1

C&D winner. Off 6 months. Back down in trip.

Form: 0/23057-

(13)

Nordic Passage^t¹²

Age: 7| Weight: 10-1| J: Donagh O'Connor| T: J F Levins| OR: 86| CD

25/1

C&D winner. Fourteen runs since last win in 2020. Last of 13 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft, 10/1) 12 days ago.

Form: 8840-20

(15)

Inflection Point^v²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-13| J: C J MacRedmond⁽⁵⁾| T: A McGuinness| OR: 84| D

40/1

Unreliable type. Last of 11 in handicap (20/1) at Lingfield (6f, AW) 22 days ago. Must improve.

Form: 727220

(5)

Tide Of Time¹⁹⁹

Age: 8| Weight: 9-13| J: Dylan Browne McMonagle| T: E Lynam| OR: 84| C| D

40/1

Course winner. Off 6 months. Others more persuasive.

Form: 352120-

(7)

Dandyville²²⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: S Foley| T: J Davison| OR: 80| CD

8/1

C&D winner. 10/3, career best when winning 7-runner handicap at Fairyhouse (6f, good) when last seen, digging deep. Off 7 months. Worth a look for new yard.

Form: 815131-

(11)

Half Nutz^p1¹²

Age: 5| Weight: 9-9| J: Ben Coen| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 80| CD

6/1

3-time C&D winner. 10/3, respectable fourth of 13 in handicap at this C&D (good to soft) 12 days ago. Stable in good form. Cheekpieces on 1st time. Got to be on the shortlist.

Form: 6041-44

(23)

Mickey The Steel^t²⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 9-7| J: W Joyce⁽⁷⁾| T: Joseph Murray| OR: 78

8/1

Remains a maiden after 17 Flat runs. 15/2, seventeenth of 22 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good to soft) 27 days ago.

Form: 5622-20

(17)

Only Spoofing¹⁶

Age: 8| Weight: 9-7| J: E J McNamara| T: Kevin Coleman| OR: 78

66/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2021. Last of 11 in handicap (66/1) at Tipperary (5f, soft) 16 days ago.

Form: 6047-00

(20)

Rough Diamond¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 9-7| J: S M Crosse| T: E Lynam| OR: 78| BF| D

6/1

5/2, creditable second of 14 in handicap at Navan (5.8f, good) 14 days ago.

Form: 36047-2

(9)

Earls^b¹⁸⁸

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Gary Carroll| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 77| C| D

11/1

Career best when winning 13-runner handicap (9/2) at this course (5f, heavy) by 1½ lengths from Improving when last seen. Off 6 months. Respected for new yard.

Form: 724471-

(21)

Sister Lola^p,t²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-6| J: Jake Coen⁽⁷⁾| T: J McAuley| OR: 77| D

66/1

Tenth of 14 in handicap (20/1) at Dundalk (6f) 25 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 558560

(12)

Sounds Of Spring^t⁴¹

Age: 5| Weight: 9-5| J: W J Lee| T: K J Condon| OR: 76| D

8/1

Below form seventh of 13 in handicap at this course (7f, good to soft, 9/1) 41 days ago.

Form: 28126-7

(6)

Fan Club Rules^t,v²⁵

Age: 5| Weight: 9-4| J: M A Enright| T: L Comer| OR: 75

66/1

Fourteen runs since last win in 2019. 14/1, respectable seventh of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (6f) 25 days ago. Visor on 1st time.

Form: 9500-47

(2)

Radiyka^v⁴¹

Age: 3| Weight: 9-4| J: Chris Hayes| T: D K Weld| OR: 84| CD

8/1

3/1, career best when winning 15-runner maiden at this C&D (good to soft) on return 41 days ago. Makes handicap debut. Can progress further.

Form: 2236-1

(1)

Texas Rock^p⁵

Age: 11| Weight: 9-3| J: Wayne Lordan| T: M C Grassick| OR: 74| C| D

22/1

Course winner. 14/1, below form eighth of 17 in handicap at the Curragh (7f, good to soft) 5 days ago. Cheekpieces back on.

Form: 1389-08

(24)

Arcanears⁵

Age: 7| Weight: 9-2| J: Ronan Whelan| T: M Halford| OR: 73| D

28/1

Latest win at Dundalk in October. 40/1, below form twelfth of 23 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good to soft) 5 days ago.

Form: 1254-00

(19)

Improving^t1¹⁷⁶

Age: 6| Weight: 9-2| J: Robbie Colgan| T: A Leahy| OR: 73

80/1

One win from 23 Flat runs. Off 176 days. Tongue strap on 1st time.

Form: 81/0828-

(14)

Karlsberg⁴²

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: J A Heffernan| T: S Crawley| OR: 73

11/2

7/1, good second of 21 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, good to soft) 42 days ago.

Form: 70310-2

(10)

Moshammer^t³¹

Age: 4| Weight: 9-2| J: G M Ryan| T: J McAuley| OR: 73| D

33/1

Winner at Dundalk in January. 33/1, twelfth of 17 in handicap at Leopardstown (7f, good) 31 days ago.

Form: 2-10040

(22)

Cyrus Dallin^t¹⁷

Age: 8| Weight: 8-13| J: K J Manning| T: J McAuley| OR: 70| D

80/1

Tongue strap on for 1st time, last of 13 in claimer at Bellewstown (7.8f, good, 14/1) 17 days ago. Back down in trip. Becoming well treated.

Form: 859-500

(4)

Welcoming⁵⁶⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 8-10| J: Sean Davis| T: L Comer| OR: 67| D

125/1

Won twice in Britain. Off 18 months. Can only be watched.

Form: 761008/

Non-Runners

(3)

Colfer Kay²¹⁵

Weight: 9-4| Age: 4

T: K J Condon J: N G McCullagh

(18)

She's In The Game²⁰⁹

Weight: 9-1| Age: 5

T: W T Farrell J: Neve Bennett

Forecasts

Karlsberg (11/2), Rough Diamond (6/1), Half Nutz (6/1), Mickey The Steel (8/1), Sounds Of Spring (8/1), Dandyville (8/1), Radiyka (8/1), Fastar (10/1), Earls (11/1), She's In The Game (12/1), Pretty Boy Floyd (18/1), Texas Rock (22/1), Nordic Passage (25/1), Arcanears (28/1), Moshammer (33/1), Colfer Kay (33/1), Inflection Point (40/1), Tide Of Time (40/1), Sister Lola (66/1), Only Spoofing (66/1), Fan Club Rules (66/1), Cyrus Dallin (80/1), Improving (80/1), Welcoming (125/1)

Last year's winner HALF NUTZ is shaping up well and could be the way to go now fitted with cheekpieces. Radiyka, the sole 3-y-o in the field, has to be respected after her successful reappearance here. Earls is another to consider.